A New World, Part Four is an episode of season 9 of The Flash. It premiered on May 24, 2023.
Synopsis for "A New World, Part Four"
Appearing in "A New World, Part Four"
Featured Characters:
- The Flash (Barry Allen) (Flashback and main story)
Supporting Characters:
- Central City Police Department (Flashback and main story)
- The Flash (Jay Garrick)
- Harrison "Timeless" Wells (Also as an illusion)
- Dr. Joan Williams
- Joe West (Flashback and main story)
- Nora West-Allen (First full appearance)
- Team Flash
- Allegra Garcia
- Caitlin Snow (Revealed to be alive) (Rejoins team)
- Chillblaine (Mark Blaine)
- Chunk (Chester P. Runk) (Flashback and main story) (First appearance as Chunk)
- Iris West-Allen (Flashback and main story)
- Khione (Quits team)
- Virtue (Cecile Horton) (Flashback and main story) (First appearance as Virtue)
- XS/Nora West-Allen (Nora's Future)
Antagonists:
- Negative Speed Force (Flashback and main story) (Impersonates Eddie Thawne's daughter (Thawne's Timeline))
- Eddie Thawne's daughter (Thawne's Timeline) (Unnamed) (Flashback only) (Erased) (Cameo)
- Legion of Zoom (Single appearance) (Disbands)
- Cobalt Blue (Eddie Thawne) (Flashback and main story) (First appearance as Cobalt Blue)
- Godspeed/August Heart (Nora's Future) (Past)
- Reverse-Flash/Eobard Thawne (Pre-Flashpoint) (Past) (Impersonates Harrison Wells)
- Savitar/Barry Allen (Savitar's Future) (Past)
- Zoom/Black Flash (Hunter Zolomon) (Past)
Other Characters:
- Aariz Mousa (Cameo)
- Avery Ho
- Dr. Carla Tannhauser (Phone call only)
- Dinosaurs (In picture only) (Cameo)
- Iris Thawne (Thawne's Timeline) (In picture only) (Flashback only) (Erased) (Cameo)
- Jess Chambers (Single appearance)
- Iris West (Alternate Timeline) (Erased) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Dr. Lockett (Single appearance)
- Marco (Jitters bartender) (Cameo)
- Max Mercury (Single appearance)
- Taylor Downs (Cameo)
- Time Wraiths (Multiverse) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Bart West-Allen (Nora's Future) (Mentioned only)
- Brainiac 5/Querl Dox (Legion's Future) (Mentioned only)
- Breacher (Pre-Crisis Earth-19) (Erased) (Mentioned only)
- Ferris Air (Mentioned only)
- The Flash/Barry Allen (Earth-90) (Mentioned only)
- Frost (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Gideon (Mentioned only)
- God (Mentioned only)
- Gods (Mentioned only)
- Harry Wells (Pre-Crisis Earth-2) (Mentioned only)
- Henry Allen (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Iris West (Savitar's Future) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Jenna West (Mentioned only)
- Luke Fox (Mentioned only)
- Dr. Meena Dhawan (Mentioned only)
- Nash Wells (Unknown Earth) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Dr. Nichols (Mentioned only)
- Nora Allen (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Oliver Queen (Mentioned only)
- Virtue/Cecile Horton (Nora's Future) (Mentioned only)
- Dwayne McDuffie (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Multiverse
- Cosmic Plane
- Negative Speed Force
- Speed Force (Flashback and main story)
- Negative Sage Force (Mentioned only)
- Negative Still Force (Mentioned only)
- Negative Strength Force (Mentioned only)
- Alternate Earth-1 Timeline (Mark Mardon destroys Central City and Cisco is murdered by Eobard Thawne) (Unnamed) (Erased) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- United States of America
- Central City (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- United States of America
- Pre-Crisis Earth-1 (Erased) (Flashback only)
- Alternate Earth-Prime Timeline (Eddie Thawne married Iris West and Ronnie Raymond is still alive) (Unnamed) (Flashback only) (Erased)
- United States of America
- Central City (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
- United States of America
- Earth-Prime
- 2014
- United States of America
- Central City
- CCPD Headquarters (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Central City
- United States of America
- 2015
- United States of America
- Central City
- S.T.A.R. Labs
- S.T.A.R. Labs Particle Accelerator (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Time Vault (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- S.T.A.R. Labs
- Central City
- United States of America
- 2016
- United States of America
- Central City (Flashback only) (Also in a vision)
- United States of America
- 2017
- United States of America
- Central City (Flashback only)
- United States of America
- 2019
- United States of America
- Central City
- S.T.A.R. Labs
- Speed Lab (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- S.T.A.R. Labs
- Central City
- United States of America
- 2023
- United States of America
- Missouri
- Central City
- CC Jitters
- Central City Hospital
- Central City Institute of Technology
- Ferris Air Testing Facility
- S.T.A.R. Labs
- The Cortex
- The Lounge
- West-Allen's Apartment (Also as an illusion)
- West House (Flashback only) (Also as an illusion)
- Central City
- Kansas
- Keystone City
- Tannhauser Industries (Mentioned only)
- Keystone City
- Missouri
- United States of America
- 2014
- Nora's Future
- 2049
- United States of America
- Central City
- Central City Cemetery (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Flash Museum
- Hall of Heroes (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Malcolm Gilmore's House (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Mercury Labs
- Malcolm Gilmore's Lab (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Central City
- United States of America
- 2052 (Mentioned only)
- 2049
- Timestream (Behind the scenes)
- Earth-90 (Mentioned only)
- Hell (Mentioned only)
- Cosmic Plane
Items:
- Accelerant's Suit (Single appearance)
- Allen Family Ring (Flashback and main story)
- B.O.O.T. (Cameo)
- Breacher's Blade/Hunter-killer Blade (Mentioned only)
- Cobalt Stone (Unnamed) (Flashback and main story) (Destroyed)
- Chillblaine's Gauntlets
- Hermes' Helmet
- Magnetar (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Pulse Rifle (Cameo)
- "The Runaway Dinosaur" (Cameo)
- Savitar's Armor
- Smoke Bombs (Cameo)
- Velocity 9 (Mentioned only)
- Virtue's Suit
Vehicles:
- Max Mercury's Motorcycle (Single appearance) (Cameo)
Events:
- The Enlightenment (Mentioned only)
- The Singularity (Flashback only)
Concepts:
- Black Hole (Behind the scenes)
- Cobalt Radiation/Cobalt-97
- Flashtime (Flashback only)
- Magic
- Metahumans
- Time Travel
- Wormholes (Flashback and main story)
Notes
- This episode is the series finale of The Flash as well as the last episode to be set on the Arrowverse main Earth.
- The subtitle of the episode, which is not part of the episode name, is "Finale".
- Jay Garrick mentions having met Earth-90 Flash in the Post-Crisis Multiverse. This implies that the continuity of Earth-90, which was erased in "Elseworlds, Part 1", and the existence of Barry Allen, who died in "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Three", were restored in the aftermath of the rebirth of the Multiverse.
- As other realities' continuities were also reverted back to the events of the respective TV shows/movies in the Post-Crisis Multiverse,[1] the continuity of Earth-90 probably shared a similar fate.
- The Legion of Zoom members are displaced from important moments in their histories:
- Zoom is displaced just before the Time Wraiths turned him into the Black Flash and dragged him into the Speed Force in "The Race of His Life";
- Godspeed is displaced just before he tried to murder Bart West-Allen in "Heart of the Matter, Part 1";
- Savitar is extracted before being erased from the timeline in "Finish Line";
- Thawne is extracted before his ultimate death in "Negative, Part Two".
- Max Mercury becoming an avatar of the Speed Force was originally glimpsed by Barry Allen in "Into the Still Force". This episode closes his temporal paradox as Barry always knew he had to gift him his Speed Force powers.
Trivia
- The last scene of the series mirrors the last page of The Flash #762, the last issue of Joshua Williamson's The Flash run.
- There are many references to past events in this episode, including:
- Barry saying "I'd like to tell you a story... I need you to believe in the impossible" is a homage to the beginning of The Flash series premiere, "Pilot";
- Savitar trying to kill XS is a nod to the death of his timeline Iris West in "The Present";
- He also mentions Earth-1 Iris West avoiding her fate as H.R. Wells sacrificed himself to save her in "Finish Line";
- Jay Garrick stealing Eddie Thawne's speed references Earth-90 The Flash/Barry Allen temporary stealing Earth-1 Barry's speed in "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Three".
- Eddie Thawne time displacing Barry's former villains and making them join the "Legion of Zoom" mirrors Post-Flashpoint Reverse Flash/Eobard Thawne doing the same with Prime Earth Barry Allen's villains in The Flash #757.
- He also generate a lightning saber which mirrors his counterparts doing the same in the comics.
- Chester P. Runk references the late DC writer, Dwayne McDuffie.
See Also
- 6 Images from The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: A New World, Part Four
- Episodes of The Flash (2014 TV Series)
- Images from The Flash (2014 TV Series)
- Gallery for the The Flash (2014 TV Series) series
Recommended Media
- None.
Links and References
- None.
Footnotes